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Guide to pricing: An art or a science?
Allison McSparron-Edwards explains how to price your work appropriately and ensure the health and profitability of your business.
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Allison McSparron-Edwards explains how to price your work appropriately and ensure the health and profitability of your business.
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Basic guide to intellectual property
This useful document summarises the different intellectual property rights and basic principles relating to intellectual property law.
Legal
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Service level agreement: General structure and drafting notes
A Service Level Agreement is generally an extension of a company’s standard Terms and Conditions of business and often they will co-exist and work alongside each other to regulate the service to be provided, manage the expectations of the client and control the providers risk. This document provides guidance on the provisions to be included in an SLA and the issues that will need to be addressed.
Legal, New business & client relations
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Guidance notes for standard conditions of contract – sale of services
This document contains guidance notes for producing standard terms of business to be incorporated into all client contracts. The document contains drafting for certain clauses and full guidance notes on what needs to be covered.
Legal, New business & client relations
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Exporting country guides
Access all of Department for International Trade country guides for those looking to start, or increase, the amount of work they do overseas.
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Case study: Moving Brands’ Singapore trade mission success story
Thanks to a trade mission to Singapore, Moving Brands learned about the market for its branding services and found a new British partner.
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Case study: Pearlfisher on opening a US office: An Englishman in New York?
Mike Branson shares the lessons he learnt when Pearlfisher expanded abroad with their first overseas office in New York.
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Case study: Point 6 on exporting to China
Branding and communications agency Point 6 opened their Shanghai office in 2011. In this case study the company sets out a series of the best pieces of advice. Some of it they were given before the launch in Shanghai, some of it they’ve learnt since.
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Growing internationally: your options for accessing new markets
Allyson Stewart-Allen guides you to find your best route to international markets.
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Exporting support and contacts
Our guide for further information on the wealth of support and advice available.